Here it is on this little Eudoxia AE I once owned in my first Roman collection. I recognized the circular thing as a wreath, but the little blob...
Neat! I had no idea this was an ancient motif, though I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to learn that. Here is a nice, big medieval coin I had...
If you'll forgive my straying slightly from the topic at hand, what do you suppose caused those near-circular arcs of concentric striations on a...
It does appear to be die struck, and perhaps the initials indicate some fraternal organization? Dunno. I agree with @Oldhoopster about the blank...
That's a replica, but it's a more convincing replica than many I've seen. As @Muzyck mentioned, the real ones are quite rare and expensive. They...
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OK, here we go. 1936 or USA, to the next player. This humble Merc dime from 1936 came into my possession on Thanksgiving Day, 1976, when I found...
@Stork- I've always loved those- great Art Deco design. If memory serves, I think you sent me a circulated example of one of those, once?...
This. Sound advice. The part about "handling by the edges only" is always good practice, but vital on proof coins, due to the "skin oils" issue...
Happy to do it, though @Aethelred shortened my research path considerably by narrowing it down to one location to start the search from. I'd have...
I'm a sucker for pictorial love tokens. Even though this one is on a common-date Seated dime and it's not that intricate, I liked it. I suppose...
Woo. Yeah. I've never owned a Laffy buck in 40 years of collecting. WTG.
This.
What did you want to know?
My large-flan EID MAR is not only rare... it's unique. [IMG] According to me. :D (Seriously, tho', I like @Eduard 's Vespasian sestertius, too.)
@Julius Germanicus - I'm glad you got your money back! That coin worried me very much, even before its identical dopplegangers started turning...
Yeah, those Belgian coins are "the forgotten steel cents". Made by our own US mint, on the same blanks. Part of WW2 history, around the time of...
Be very careful dipping proof coins, or handling them at all. While that one could benefit from a quick dip and thorough rinse to remove some of...
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